Having a rough day ...

... so I thought I would post a picture that always makes me smile. The photo above was sent to me by a former employee, but he's also a friend of mine. His name is Chris Wiksyk and he worked for me for two years as a peer tutor. He graduated from our institution a year ago and is attending Hawaii Pacific University while he earns his MBA. Chris is one of those guys who will always come out on top ... he has a Midas touch and is the biggest charmer I've ever met (he's also from Canada). If his intellect and wit doesn't win you over, his blue eyes and powerful smile will get ya. We miss him something terrible at work ... things haven't been the same since he left.

My favorite memory of Chris is when I played the ultimate practical joke on him (I had a former student who happens to be a police officer to pretend to arrest him). Chris LOVED to play jokes on me ... from writing on the board (in what looked like MY handwriting) certain messages to other tutors (for example, one time he wrote a note to Hweekor - tutor from Kenya - that he had won Tutor of the Month and was entitled to a $300 gift certificate) to leaving dozens of post-it notes all over my desk and PC monitor (with comments like "Your daughter's principal just called - she was caught having sex). Chris ... is one of a kind (thank goodness) ... and I am posting this picture in his honor. (Also, I'm curious to see who knows who the ugly guy in the photo is ... and HOW they know him).

Chris, if you're reading this ... tell Ole' I said hello ... and where the hell is my video that you promised?

J.